EP2924132B1 - Dispositif d'alimentation en combustible de gaz d'oxygène pour appareil de frittage - Google Patents

Dispositif d'alimentation en combustible de gaz d'oxygène pour appareil de frittage Download PDF

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EP2924132B1
EP2924132B1 EP12888770.0A EP12888770A EP2924132B1 EP 2924132 B1 EP2924132 B1 EP 2924132B1 EP 12888770 A EP12888770 A EP 12888770A EP 2924132 B1 EP2924132 B1 EP 2924132B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
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  • This invention relates to an oxygen-gaseous fuel supply apparatus in a downdraft type Dwight-Lloyd sintering machine which produces high-quality sintered ore as a raw material for a blast furnace by enriching oxygen and supplying gaseous fuel.
  • a sintered ore as a main raw material for a blast furnace iron-making method is produced through a process flow as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the raw material for the sintered ore includes fine iron ore, undersize granules of the sintered ore, recovery powder produced in an ironworks, a CaO-containing auxiliary material such as limestone, dolomite or the like, a granulation auxiliary agent such as quicklime or the like, coke breeze, anthracite and so on, which are cut out from respective hoppers 1 onto a conveyer at a predetermined ratio.
  • the cut-out raw materials are added with a proper amount of water, and mixed and granulated in drum mixers 2 and 3 to form quasi-particles having a mean particle size of 3 ⁇ 6 mm as a sintering raw material. Then, the sintering raw material is charged onto an continuous type sintering machine pallet 8 at a thickness of 400 ⁇ 800 mm from surge hoppers 4 and 5 disposed above the sintering machine through a drum feeder 6 and a cutout chute 7 to form a bed 9 also called as a sintering bed.
  • carbonaceous material in a surface part of the bed is ignited by an ignition furnace 10 disposed above the bed 9, while air above the bed is sucked downward through wind boxes 11 located just beneath the pallet 8 to thereby combust the carbonaceous material in the bed sequentially, and the sintering raw material is melted by combustion heat generated at this time to obtain a sintered cake.
  • the thus obtained sintered cake is then crushed and granulated, and agglomerates of about not less than about 5 mm in size are collected as a product sintered ore and supplied into the blast furnace.
  • combustion zone a combustion melting zone having a certain width in a thickness direction
  • combustion zone a combustion melting zone having a certain width in a thickness direction
  • the molten portion of the combustion zone obstructs the flow of the sucked air, which is a factor of causing an extension of the sintering time to deteriorate the productivity.
  • the combustion zone is gradually moved from the upper part to the lower part of the bed as the pallet 8 moves downstream, and a sintered cake layer finishing the sintering reaction (hereinafter referred to as "sintered layer” simply) is formed in a portion after the passing of the combustion zone.
  • moisture included in the sintering raw material is vaporized by combustion heat of the carbonaceous material and condensed into the sintering raw material in the lower part not yet raising the temperature to form a wet zone.
  • water concentration exceeds a certain degree, voids among the particles of the sintering raw material as a path of the gas sucked are filled with water, which is a factor of increasing airflow resistance like the melting zone.
  • FIG. 2 shows distributions of pressure drop and temperature in the bed when a combustion zone moving in the bed of 600 mm in thickness is located at a position of about 400 mm above the pallet in the bed (200 mm below the surface of the bed).
  • the pressure drop distribution shows 60% in the wet zone and 40% in the combustion zone.
  • the production volume by the sintering machine (t/hr) is generally determined by productivity (t/hr • m 2 ) ⁇ area of the sintering machine (m 2 ). That is, the production volume by the sintering machine is varied depending on width and length of the sintering machine, thickness of a bed of the raw material, bulk density of the sintering raw material, sintering (combustion) time, yield and the like. In order to increase the production volume of the sintered ore, therefore, it is considered that it is effective to shorten the sintering time by improving air permeability of the bed (pressure drop) or to increase the yield by increasing the cold strength of the sintered cake before crushing.
  • FIG. 3 shows a transition of temperature and time at a certain point in the bed at high productivity and low productivity of the sintered ore, or at fast moving speed and slow moving speed of the sintering machine pallet, respectively.
  • the time kept at a temperature of not lower than 1200°C starting the melting of sintering raw material particles is represented by T 1 in case of the low productivity and T 2 in case of the high productivity, respectively.
  • T 1 in case of the low productivity
  • T 2 in case of the high productivity, respectively.
  • the moving speed of the pallet is fast, so that the high-temperature zone retention time T 2 becomes short as compared with T 1 in case of the low productivity.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic view illustrating a process wherein the carbonaceous material in the surface part of the bed ignited by the ignition furnace is continuously combusted by the sucked air to form the combustion zone, which is moved from the upper part to the lower part of the bed sequentially to form the sintered cake.
  • FIG. 5(a) is a schematic view illustrating a temperature distribution when the combustion zone is existent in each of an upper part, a middle part and a lower part of the bed within a thick frame shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the strength of the sintered ore is affected by the product of the temperature of not lower than 1200°C and the time kept at this temperature, and as the value becomes larger, the strength of the sintered ore becomes higher.
  • the middle part and the lower part in the bed are pre-heated by combustion heat of the carbonaceous material in the upper part of the bed carried with the sucked air and thus kept at a high temperature for a long time, whereas the upper part of the bed is lacking in the combustion heat due to no preheating and hence combustion melting reaction required for sintering (sintering reaction) is liable to be insufficient.
  • the yield of the sintered ore in the widthwise section of the bed becomes smaller at the upper part of the bed as shown in FIG. 5(b) .
  • both widthwise end portions of the pallet are supercooled due to heat dissipation from the side walls of the pallet or a large amount of air passed, so that the high-temperature zone retention time required for sintering cannot be secured sufficiently and the yield is also lowered.
  • Non-patent Document 1 tensile strength (cold strength) and reducibility of various minerals generated in the sintered ore during the sintering.
  • a melt starts to be generated at 1200°C to produce calcium ferrite having the highest strength and a relatively high reducibility among constitutional minerals of the sintered ore as shown in FIG. 7 . This is the reason why the sintering temperature is required to be not lower than 1200°C.
  • Non-patent Document 1 discloses that the control of the highest achieving temperature, the high-temperature zone retention time and the like during combustion is a very important control item for ensuring a quality of the sintered ore and the quality of the sintered ore is substantially determined depending on these controls. Therefore, in order to obtain a sintered ore having a high strength and excellent reduction degradation index (RDI) and reducibility, it is important that calcium ferrite produced at a temperature of not lower than 1200°C is not decomposed into calcium silicate and secondary hematite.
  • RDI reduction degradation index
  • the highest achieving temperature in the bed during sintering does not exceed 1400°C, preferably 1380°C, while the temperature in the bed is kept at not lower than 1200°C (solidus temperature of calcium ferrite) for a long time.
  • the time kept in the temperature range of not lower than 1200°C but not higher than 1400°C is hereinafter called as "high-temperature zone retention time".
  • Patent Document 1 proposes a technique for improving the strength, productivity and yield as a product of the sintered ore by adding pyro genie gas to air sucked into the sintering raw material in addition to coke added in the sintering raw material and combusting them at the sintering zone in the production of the sintered ore.
  • Patent Document 2 proposes a technique wherein a mass flow rate of an oxygen-containing gas supplied into the bed is set to 1.01 ⁇ 2.6 times of a mass flow rate of an oxygen-containing gas supplied in an area calcining the upper part of the bed at the time of sufficiently calcining the upper part of the bed to thereby increase differential pressure in the bed and violently accelerate the moving speed of the combustion melting zone, whereby the productivity is increased and a product with a high yield and excellent quality is obtained.
  • the thickness of the bed and the moving speed of the pallet can be increased to improve the productivity of the sintering machine, while the moving speed of the combustion melting zone and the highest achieving temperature are also increased, so that there is a problem causing the deterioration of the reducibility of the product sintered ore.
  • Patent Document 3 proposes an oxygen-enriching operation method wherein an oxygen concentration in air sucked into the bed for combustion is enriched to not less than 35% during the sintering of the upper part of the bed on the pallet to increase the productivity and the product yield.
  • combustibility of coke is improved and the highest achieving temperature is increased by enriching the oxygen concentration in combustion air to not less than 35%, while there is a problem that the high-temperature zone retention time of not lower than 1200°C required for sintering is short by the improvement of the combustibility.
  • Patent Documents 4 ⁇ 6 and so on As a technique for solving the above problems, the inventors have proposed techniques in Patent Documents 4 ⁇ 6 and so on, wherein the amount of the carbonaceous material added into the sintering raw material is decreased and various gaseous fuels diluted to not more than the lower flammable limit are introduced into the bed from above the pallet to combust the gaseous fuels in the bed at downstream side of the ignition furnace of the sintering machine to thereby control both of the highest achieving temperature and the high-temperature zone retention time in the bed to adequate ranges.
  • Patent Documents 4 ⁇ 6 When the techniques of Patent Documents 4 ⁇ 6 are applied to decrease the amount of the carbonaceous material added into the sintering raw material and introduce the gaseous fuels diluted to not more than the lower flammable limit to combust the gaseous fuels in the bed, the gaseous fuels are combusted in the bed (in the sintered layer) after the combustion of the carbonaceous material as shown in FIG. 9 , so that the width of the combustion melting zone can be enlarged in the thickness direction without exceeding the highest achieving temperature over 1400°C, and hence the high-temperature zone retention time can be effectively extended.
  • Non-patent Document 1 'Mineral engineering', edited by Hideki IMAI, Sukune TAKENOUCHI, Yoshinori FUJIKI, (1976), p. 175, Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd.
  • Patent Document 4-6 it is not sufficiently disclosed how long to keep the high-temperature zone of not lower than 1200°C but not higher than 1400°C and which region to supply the diluted gaseous fuel in order to produce the high-quality sintered ore having a high strength and an excellent reducibility.
  • the inventors have revealed the high-temperature zone retention time required for the sintering and determined an adequate region to be supplied with the gaseous fuel and also studied the influence of the combustible gas upon the highest achieving temperature and high-temperature zone retention time in the sintering, and consequently developed a method for producing a sintered ore with a high strength and an excellent reducibility by supplying the gaseous fuel to a region where the high-temperature retention time in the sintering by combustion heat of the carbonaceous material is less than 150 seconds to prolong the high-temperature zone retention time and enriching the oxygen concentration in air to more than 21 vol% but less than 35 vol% in the region supplied with the gaseous fuel, which is filed as Japanese patent application No. 2011-058651 .
  • oxygen is enriched by arranging an oxygen supplying pipe in a hood disposed above the bed in the region supplied with the gaseous fuel and blowing oxygen into air.
  • a hood disposed above the bed in the region supplied with the gaseous fuel and blowing oxygen into air.
  • the oxygen supplying pipe is not especially limited, when a pipe made of a rolled steel material for general structure (SS steel), for example, used as general city gas piping is used as the oxygen supplying pipe, if an oxygen blowing port (nozzle or opening port) of the oxygen supply pipe is ignited for some reason, there is a fear that the pipe is burned out instantly by a high-purity oxygen flowing in the pipe to cause serious operation troubles.
  • SS steel general structure
  • Patent Document 7 discloses an oxygen-gaseous fuel supply apparatus for a sintering machine in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.
  • an object of the invention to provide an oxygen-gaseous fuel supply apparatus suitable for use in a sintering machine supplying a gaseous fuel and simultaneously conducting a sintering operation for enriching oxygen and without a fear of burning out by oxygen.
  • the inventors have made various studies for solving the above problems. As a result, it has been found out that it is most preferable to arrange a plurality of baffle plates in plural rows in the horizontal direction and in plural steps in the vertical direction at intervals in a vertical mid position of the hood disposed in the apparatus supplying the gaseous fuel and to arrange gaseous fuel supply pipes below the baffle plates so as to supply the gaseous fuel, and also to arrange oxygen supply pipes above the baffle plates to blow oxygen into air downwardly from the horizontal line, and also that a portion with the risk of burnout is constituted with a pipe made of copper alloy and/or Ni alloy in order to prevent the burnout of the oxygen supply pipe for supplying oxygen to the sintering machine due to oxygen, and hence the invention has been accomplished.
  • the invention is an oxygen-gaseous fuel supply apparatus for a sintering machine by blowing oxygen into air inside a hood disposed above a raw material bed at a downstream side of an ignition furnace to enrich oxygen, and further sucking air supplied with a gaseous fuel diluted to not more than a lower flammable limit by wind boxes arranged below a pallet and introducing into the bed, and combusting the gaseous fuel and carbonaceous material in the bed to produce a sintered ore, wherein baffle plates each made of a chevron plate material are arranged in plural rows at intervals in the horizontal direction and in plural steps in the vertical direction so as to arrange the intervals in a zigzag form in a vertical mid position of the hood, and gaseous fuel supply pipes for supplying the gaseous fuel into air are arranged below the baffle plates, and oxygen supply pipes for supplying oxygen to blowing ports for blowing oxygen into air are arranged above the baffle plates; characterised in that the oxygen supply pipes and blowing ports are configured to
  • the oxygen-gaseous supply apparatus is characterized in that the oxygen supply pipes are arranged so as to set the blowing direction of oxygen downwardly from the horizontal line.
  • the oxygen-gaseous supply apparatus is characterized in that each of the oxygen supply pipe is arranged above an interval between the baffle plates so as to direct the blowing direction of oxygen toward the interval between the baffle plates.
  • each of the oxygen supply pipe is arranged above a top of the baffle plate so as to direct the blowing direction toward the interval between the baffle plates.
  • the oxygen-gaseous supply apparatus is characterized in that at least a portion of the oxygen supply pipes disposed in the hood is made of a copper alloy containing not less than 60 mass% of copper and/or Ni alloy containing not less than 60 mass% of Ni.
  • the invention it is possible to prevent burnout of the oxygen supply pipe by oxygen and to enrich oxygen by supplying oxygen into air in the hood of the gaseous fuel supply apparatus without leaking oxygen to the outside in the production of the sintered ore by supplying the gaseous fuel with a downdraft type Dwight-Lloyd sintering machine, so that a high-quality sintered ore as a raw material for a blast furnace having a high strength and an excellent reducibility can be produced safely and stably.
  • the method for producing a sintered ore by applying the technique of the invention is the same as the techniques disclosed in Patent Documents 4 ⁇ 6 in a point that sintered ore is produced by charging a sintering raw material containing fine iron ore and carbonaceous material on a circularly-moving pallet with a downdraft type sintering machine to form a bed, igniting the carbonaceous material on the surface of the bed in an ignition furnace, sucking air containing gaseous fuel diluted to not more than a lower flammable limit in a hood arranged above the bed in the downstream of the ignition furnace with wind boxes arranged below the pallet to introduce in the bed, and combusting the gaseous fuel and the carbonaceous material in the bed.
  • the gaseous fuel is supplied in a region that the high-temperature zone retention time kept at not lower than 1200°C is insufficient when sintering is conducted by combustion heat of the carbonaceous material and the amount of carbonaceous material added in the sintering raw material is reduced depending on the amount of the gaseous fuel supplied so as to prevent the highest achieving temperature from exceeding 1400 °C.
  • the gaseous fuel supplied in the bed can be preferably used, for example, a by-product gas of an ironworks such as blast furnace gas (B gas), coke oven gas (C gas), a mixed gas of blast furnace gas and coke oven gas (M gas) or the like, a flammable gas such as LNG (natural gas), city gas, methane gas, ethane gas, propane gas or the like and a mixture gas thereof.
  • a flammable gas such as LNG (natural gas), city gas, methane gas, ethane gas, propane gas or the like and a mixture gas thereof.
  • unconventional natural gas (shale gas) collected from a shale layer and different from the conventional natural gas can be used like LNG.
  • the gaseous fuel supplied in the bed is preferable to be diluted to not more than the lower flammable limit thereof.
  • concentration of the diluted gaseous fuel is higher than the lower flammable limit, it is combusted above the bed, so that there is a fear of losing the supplying effect of the gaseous fuel or causing explosion.
  • concentration of the diluted gaseous fuel is high, it is combusted in a low-temperature zone and hence there is a fear that the gaseous fuel may not contribute to the extension of the high-temperature retention time effectively.
  • the concentration of the diluted gaseous fuel is preferably not more than 3/4 of the lower flammable limit at room temperature in air, more preferably not more than 1/5 of the lower flammable limit, further preferably not more than 1/10 of the lower flammable limit.
  • the concentration of the diluted gaseous fuel is less than 1/100 of the lower flammable limit, the heat generation amount by the combustion is short and the effects of increasing the strength of sintered ore and improving the yield cannot be obtained, so that the lower limit is set to be 1% of the lower flammable limit.
  • the concentration of the diluted gaseous fuel is preferably in a range of 0.05 ⁇ 3.6 vol%, more preferably in a range of 0.05 ⁇ 1.0 vol%, further preferably in a range of 0.05 ⁇ 0.5 vol%.
  • the method for producing sintered ore by applying the technique of the invention is characterized by supplying the gaseous fuel and enriching oxygen like that of Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-058651 . Because, a gaseous atmosphere in the sintering is shifted to an oxidation direction by enriching oxygen to increase a ratio of calcium ferrite produced in the sintered ore through sintering and decrease a ratio of calcium silicate formed, whereby a sintered ore with a high strength and an excellent reducibility can be obtained, while not only the sintering reaction can be increased to shorten the sintering time but also the combustion position of the carbonaceous material in the gaseous fuel and the sintering raw material can be moved to a lower temperature side to expand a base of temperature distribution curve in the bed by simultaneously conducting the supply of the gaseous fuel and the enrichment of oxygen, whereby the high-temperature zone retention time can be extended, and hence the quality of the sintered ore can be improved while increasing the productivity.
  • oxygen is preferably enriched to not less than 24.5 vol%. While, when the oxygen concentration in air is not less than 35 vol%, the cost required for the oxygen enrichment exceeds the benefit obtained. Therefore, it is preferable to add oxygen to be enriched so that the oxygen concentration in air is set to a range of more than 21 vol% but less than 35 vol%. It is more preferably a range of 24.5 ⁇ 30 vol%, further preferably a range of 24.5 ⁇ 28 vol%.
  • baffle plates are disposed in plural rows at intervals in the horizontal direction and in plural steps in the vertical direction so as to arrange the intervals in a zigzag form in the vertical mid portion of the hood arranged above a raw material bed supplying a gaseous fuel, and gaseous fuel supply pipes for supplying the gaseous fuel into air are disposed below the baffle plates, whereby raw gaseous fuel is blown into air at a high speed causing a blow-out phenomenon to instantly form a diluted gaseous fuel of not more than the lower flammable limit, or a gaseous fuel diluted to not more than the lower flammable limit is blown into air to supply the gaseous fuel into air, while oxygen supply pipes are disposed above the baffle plates to blow oxygen into air for enrichment.
  • the reason why the gaseous fuel is supplied to the lower portions of the baffle plates as described above is that since the gaseous fuel such as LNG or the like is generally lighter than air, the leakage of the gaseous fuel from above the hood is prevented by disposing the baffle plates or by throttling air blown downward between the intervals of the baffle plates to increase the flow rate.
  • the baffle plate is not especially limited as long as the gaseous fuel supplied in the lower portion thereof is prevented from being leaked upward and air containing oxygen enriched above can be smoothly flown downward.
  • plate materials formed into a chevron shape are arranged in plural rows at intervals in the horizontal direction and in plural steps so as to render the intervals into a zigzag form (in a tournament form) or a labyrinth form in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 10 .
  • the width of the baffle plate is approximately 200 ⁇ 500 mm, and the interval between the baffle plates is approximately 50 ⁇ 200 mm in the horizontal direction and approximately 50 ⁇ 200 mm in the vertical direction, and the number of steps is approximately 2 ⁇ 5.
  • FIG. 10 is illustrated an example of blowing the gaseous fuel from the gaseous fuel supply pipes in the horizontal direction.
  • the blowing direction is not particularly limited and may be horizontal or downward as long as the gaseous fuel is uniformly mixed with air and diluted to not more than the lower flammable limit before introduction into the bed.
  • oxygen supplied from the supply pipes is not necessarily pure oxygen.
  • the amount of oxygen supplied is extraordinarily large as compared to the gaseous fuel, so that it is not preferable that the oxygen concentration is decreased since the amount of oxygen blown from the pipes is increased.
  • the downward direction is preferable as compared to the horizontal line from a viewpoint of preventing the leakage of oxygen outside of the hood.
  • FIG. 11 are shown simulation results of an amount of oxygen leaked outside of the hood through a cross wind of 10 m/s between the horizontal direction and the downward direction of blowing oxygen when oxygen is blown from the oxygen supply pipes into air above the baffle plates in the hood to concentrate the oxygen concentration from 21 vol% to 27 vol%.
  • FIG. 11 are shown simulation results of an amount of oxygen leaked outside of the hood through a cross wind of 10 m/s between the horizontal direction and the downward direction of blowing oxygen when oxygen is blown from the oxygen supply pipes into air above the baffle plates in the hood to concentrate the oxygen concentration from 21 vol% to 27 vol%.
  • the oxygen supply pipes may be arranged above the interval between the baffle plates to blow oxygen toward the interval between the baffle plates as shown in FIG. 12 .
  • this oxygen blowing method since oxygen jet is directly blown between the baffle plates, there is a merit that oxygen can be sucked smoothly to suppress the leakage upward.
  • the oxygen supply pipes may be arranged above the tops of the baffle plates to blow oxygen toward the interval (spacing part) between the baffle plates as shown in FIG. 1 3 .
  • this oxygen blowing method since oxygen can be supplied from one oxygen supply pipe toward two intervals, there is a merit of decreasing the number of the oxygen supply pipes depending on conditions.
  • one or more rows of baffle plates are arranged at intervals in a vertical mid portion of the hood arranged above the bed in the region supplied with the gaseous fuel, and the gaseous fuel supply pipes are arranged below the baffle plates to blow raw gaseous fuel at a high speed causing a blow-out phenomenon to thereby instantly dilute the gaseous fuel to not more than the lower flammable limit, while oxygen supply pipes are arranged above the baffle plates to supply oxygen toward the baffle plates.
  • This apparatus is designed so that the direct contact between oxygen of high concentration and the gaseous fuel can be prevented since oxygen supplied from the oxygen supply pipes is uniformly diluted to a target concentration to be enriched while passing through the intervals between the baffle plates and joined with the gaseous fuel. Moreover, oxygen supplied from the pipes may not be pure oxygen.
  • gaseous fuel such as LNG or the like is lighter than air
  • the baffle plates arranged above the gaseous fuel supply pipes prevent the gaseous fuel from being leaked and lost above the hood.
  • oxygen is higher in the specific gravity as compared to the gaseous fuel, so that a fear of diffusing oxygen out of the hood is slight unless a strong wind blows.
  • the oxygen supply pipe is made of, for example, a rolled steel material for general structure (SS steel) or the like usually used as city gas piping, even if non-oil treatment is applied, there is a fear that if an oxygen blowing port of the oxygen supplying pipe (nozzle or opening port) is ignited for some reason, the oxygen supply pipe is burnt out instantly up to a valve stand by reaction heat of iron and oxygen.
  • SS steel general structure
  • the gaseous fuel supplied from the gaseous fuel supply pipes is blown at a high speed causing a blow-out phenomenon, ignition can be prevented. Even if ignited, combustion is caused only at the ignited portion and hence the pipes themselves are never burnt out. Also, the amount of oxygen supplied is large as compared with the gaseous fuel, so that oxygen of high concentration is blown from a large blowing port at a high speed of not less than 10 m/s. However, as the oxygen concentration becomes higher and the flow rate becomes faster, the burnout through oxygen is easily caused as shown in FIG. 14 , so that it is important to take measures for the burnout of the pipes.
  • At least a fire-source existing portion of the oxygen supply pipe arranged in the hood is a piping made of copper alloy and/or Ni alloy. Since the copper alloy or Ni alloy is small in the ionization tendency as compared with iron, rust as an ignition source is hardly formed in the pipe, while these alloys form a dense oxide film hardly passing oxygen on their surfaces and hence further oxidation is suppressed and the burnout is hardly caused.
  • the copper alloy is preferable to contain not less than 60 mass% of Cu and includes, for example, Cu-Zn alloy (brass) containing 60 ⁇ 70% of Cu, Cu-Ni alloy (white copper, cupronickel) containing 70 ⁇ 90% of Cu, Cu-Sn alloy (bronze) containing 65 ⁇ 98% of Cu, Cunife of Cu: 60 mass%-Ni: 20 mass%-Fe: 20 mass%, Be copper containing approximately 2 mass% of Be and so on.
  • the Ni alloy is preferable to contain not less than 60 mass% of Ni, and includes, for example, Inconel, Monel, nichrome and so on. Among them, copper and pure Ni are more preferable because they are excellent in the oxidation resistance.
  • FIG. 15 is a schematic view illustrating the supply piping system of the gaseous fuel and oxygen in the gaseous fuel supply apparatus of FIG. 10 .
  • oxygen is supplied to a header through an oxygen supply main pipe and further supplied to a plurality of branch pipes attached to the header and blown from plural nozzles attached to the branch pipe or plural opening ports arranged therein.
  • all the oxygen supply pipes are not necessarily made of copper alloy or Ni alloy, whereas it is necessary that at least a part of the pipe close to the fire source in the hood (branch pipe, nozzle or the like) is made of copper alloy or Ni alloy.
  • both the header and the oxygen supply main pipes are preferable to be made of copper alloy or Ni alloy.
  • a flashback arrester (flame arrester) is arranged on the oxygen supply main pipe at a position outside of the hood but in the vicinity of the hood. It is thereby possible to further enhance the safety.
  • the flashback arrester is not particularly limited, but a backfire valve, a dry type safety device or the like can be preferably used. In this case, it is preferable that the portion from the flashback arrester to the header is made of copper alloy or Ni alloy.
  • oxygen supply pipe located in the upstream side from the flashback arrester can be used an usual steel pipe, but it is preferable to use one made of SUS and subjected to the non-oil treatment
  • the technique of the invention is usable not only for steel-making, particularly a method of producing sintered ore used as a raw material for blast furnace, but also can be used as an agglomeration method of other ores.

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  1. Appareil d'alimentation en combustible gazeux d'oxygène pour une machine de frittage par soufflage d'oxygène dans de l'air à l'intérieur d'une hotte disposée au-dessus d'un lit de matière première (9) sur un côté en aval d'un four d'allumage (10) afin d'enrichir de l'oxygène, et en outre aspiration d'air alimenté avec un combustible gazeux dilué à pas plus d'une limite d'inflammabilité inférieure par des boîtes à vent disposées sous une palette (8) et introduction dans le lit (9), et combustion du combustible gazeux et du matériau carboné dans le lit pour produire un minerai fritté, dans lequel des déflecteurs constitués chacun d'un matériau en plaque en chevron sont agencés en plusieurs rangées à des intervalles dans la direction horizontale et en plusieurs gradins dans la direction verticale de manière à agencer les intervalles en forme de zigzag dans une position médiane verticale de la hotte, et des tuyaux d'alimentation de combustible gazeux pour fournir le combustible gazeux dans l'air sont agencés au-dessous des déflecteurs, et des tuyaux d'alimentation d'oxygène pour fournir de l'oxygène à des orifices de soufflage pour souffler de l'oxygène dans l'air sont agencés au-dessus des déflecteurs ; caractérisé en ce que
    les tuyaux d'alimentation d'oxygène et les orifices de soufflage sont configurés pour souffler de l'oxygène à une concentration élevée non inférieure à la concentration d'oxygène dans l'air à partir des orifices de soufflage à une vitesse élevée d'au moins 10 m/s et au moins une partie des tuyaux d'alimentation d'oxygène sont une tuyauterie disposée dans la hotte et fabriquée en alliage de cuivre et/ou en alliage de Ni pour empêcher un arrêt de combustion lorsque de l'oxygène est soufflé ;
    dans lequel un tuyau principal d'alimentation d'oxygène est muni d'un intercepteur de rentrée de flamme disposé à l'extérieur de la hotte et au voisinage de la hotte.
  2. Appareil d'alimentation en combustible gazeux d'oxygène selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les tuyaux d'alimentation d'oxygène sont agencés de manière à régler la direction de soufflage de l'oxygène vers le bas à partir de la ligne horizontale.
  3. Appareil d'alimentation en combustible gazeux d'oxygène selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel chacun des tuyaux d'alimentation d'oxygène est agencé au-dessus d'un intervalle entre les déflecteurs de manière à diriger la direction de soufflage d'oxygène vers l'intervalle entre les déflecteurs.
  4. Appareil d'alimentation en combustible gazeux d'oxygène selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel chacun des tuyaux d'alimentation d'oxygène est agencé au-dessus d'un sommet du déflecteur de manière à diriger la direction de soufflage vers l'intervalle entre les déflecteurs.
  5. Appareil d'alimentation en combustible gazeux d'oxygène selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel au moins une partie du tuyau d'alimentation d'oxygène disposé dans la hotte est constituée d'un alliage de cuivre contenant au moins 60 % en masse de cuivre et/ou d'alliage de Ni contenant au moins 60 % en masse de Ni.
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